. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/259 
3 May 2006 
 (06-2135) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  CANADA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Health Canada  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Orange juice (ICS: 67.160)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Not 
stated  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Interim Marketing 
Authorization regarding orange juice fortifie d with calcium, with or without vitamin D 
(Available in English and French, pages 846-847)  
6. Description of content:   
Health Canada has received a number of requ ests to amend the Regulations and permit the 
sale of orange juice fortified with calcium, w ith or without vitamin D.  These requests were 
considered under the condition that orange ju ice with added calcium would be a special 
purpose food, meaning that the addition of calcium, with or without vitamin D, to orange juice would provide a substantial amount of calcium in the diet of individuals who are most likely to benefit from the consumption of th ese products, namely people who do not drink 
milk, the major dietary source of calcium in a Canadian diet.  
Evaluation of available data has demonstrated th e safety of the addition of calcium, with or 
without vitamin D, to orange juice to the leve ls at which they are found in milk sold in 
Canada.  Such addition of calcium to orange  juice, with or without vitamin D, would 
therefore be considered appropriate provided that the labels of fortified orange juice 
products identify the product appropriately to  help consumers make informed choices.  
Therefore, it is the intention of Health Canada to recommend that the Food and Drug 
Regulations  be amended to permit the addition of ca lcium, with or without vitamin D, to 
orange juice, or orange and tangerine juice sold as such, in fluid, concentrated, or reconstituted forms.  
As a means to improve the responsiveness of th e regulatory system, an Interim Marketing 
Authorization (IMA) is being issued to permit the immediate sale of orange juice, and 
orange and tangerine juice, with added calci um, with or without added vitamin D, as 
indicated above, while the regulatory process is undertaken to formally amend the Regulations.  A revision to this notification w ill be published at the start of the amendment G/SPS/N/CAN/259 
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  process and Members will be given the opportunity at that time to submit comments on this 
proposed measure. 
This document has also been notified under the TBT Agreement (labelling requirements).  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette, 
Part I, 22 April 2006 (Available in English and French)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Immediate for this IMA.  For the final regulation, will be stated 
in subsequent Revision or A ddendum to this notification.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Immediate for this IMA.  For the final regulation, will 
be stated in subsequent Revision or Addendum to this notification.  
12. Final date for comments:  This document is not for comment at this time.  A comment 
period will be provided in a Re vision of this notification.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National noti fication authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulator y text can be downloaded at:   
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2006/20060422/pdf/g1-14016.pdf